ABC7NY: Harlem Lanes to close on Saturday

“What I said then and I’ll say now, that I thought black business owners were a dying species,” said Sharon Joseph, Harlem Lanes Owner.

The most recent casualties in Harlem are the Hue-man Bookstore, and on Saturday the games are over at Harlem Lanes.

“The rising rents make it very difficult for us to continue to do business in Harlem because we’re not trying to pass those prices down to our customers,” Joseph said.

Those customers were thrilled in 2006 when the first bowling alley opened in Harlem in three decades, and it was the only one in the country with African American women at the helm.

Joseph vowed to offer affordable fun, and did, but paid the price, like others in the area.

By the end of the month, Mo-bay Restaurant is expected to close its doors as a flood of big box stores and chain restaurants drops anchor.

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